Today, I got and accepted my invitation, and as of now I have a new role as a volunteer firefighter.
They've handed out my stuff and I start training next sunday. 
Plus, I won their raffle. Cab Sav and a bottle of chardy for the win!
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
sigpic courtesy of This Guy, original modified by me
Perhaps i'm just picky...
Congratulations... even though you just emailed me about it...
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Manticore obviously shouldn't have said:
How old does one have to be to begin helping out in a Firestation?
It'd depend on your local station. Go in and ask.
For the CFA it's over 16's.
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Vorbis had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
Quite the stand-up thing to do. I hope you've bulked up since your old, old picture; otherwise the firehose might crush you.
That was when I was 16. I'm 20 now, and good and beefy. Two years of gym or so. Still a way to go on it yet though, and I was surprised how comparatively light the firehose actually is.
There were like 30 applicants this round, and they only accepted 5 of us.. Pvednes fucked around with this message on 03-21-2006 at 05:43 AM.
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Pvednes had this to say about Pirotess:
..Today, I got and accepted my invitation, and as of now I have a new role as a volunteer firefighter.
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Fighting Struture fires or brush fires/forest fires? or both?
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Peter was naked while typing this:
Fighting Struture fires or brush fires/forest fires? or both?
It progresses as I train, but it'll probably be bushfires to start, as I'll be properly trained for them when the season starts.
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Pvednes's fortune cookie read:
That was when I was 16. I'm 20 now, and good and beefy. Two years of gym or so. Still a way to go on it yet though, and I was surprised how comparatively light the firehose actually is.There were like 30 applicants this round, and they only accepted 5 of us..
Cool deal, cool deal.
Congrats Pvednes, I know it's not easy to become a firemen so good job!
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leckzilla! wrote this stupid crap:
BOLLOCKS. The West Midlands fire service has NO hot firemen whatsoever. Give me hot firemen damn you!Perhaps i'm just picky...
Congratulations... even though you just emailed me about it...
I think most firemen are hot at some point in their career. Señor Gains fucked around with this message on 03-21-2006 at 11:30 AM.
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A sleep deprived Aury stammered:
So when do we get pics of you in and out of your uniform?
Always on my wavelength...
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Pvednes had this to say about (_|_):
I take it back. Empty firehose may be light, but full firehose is really, really really really really heavy.
I can vouch for that. And a firehose that pulls free while it is charged and open....
Ouch.
He got a call during dinner to come help put out a flaming wheelbarrow in the middle of the road once.
Yep.
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Niklas had this to say about dark elf butts:
Ancient aborigines used bushfires for the purposes of regenerating the area for later gathering
The still do in many parts of the country where they hold the native title (and therefore hav huge reservations set aside for them to live on)
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Niklas thought about the meaning of life:
Ancient aborigines used bushfires for the purposes of regenerating the area for later gathering
In the states we do this to help prevent devastating forest fires..well at least in states that don't have their heads buried up their asses.
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Peter said:
In the states we do this to help prevent devastating forest fires..well at least in states that don't have their heads buried up their asses.
but fires bad!, we shouldnt light fires!, we need to protect our trees! 
"I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God."
-- George Herbert Walker Bush
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Señor Gains stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
My dad's a fireman.He got a call during dinner to come help put out a flaming wheelbarrow in the middle of the road once.
Yep.
Possibly my dad's best firefighting story was the house with ammunition in the guys closet. They're busting into the bedroom when all kinds of ammo starts cooking off and sounds like a war is going on. Luckily no one got shot!
